Unable to access thumbdrive

Sorry, but that's not very specific.

Most USB memory sticks (aka thumbdrives) are "plug-and-play." Meaning you stick them in a USB host socket on a PC (MAC or Windows or Linux, for example) and they automatically get configured and are available for use - just as you would use a computer hard drive.

If that is not happening, then there is a good possibility that the stick is not properly formatted. If it is recognized, but you cannot access the data, then you may need to run the FORMAT utility on your computer. Be aware that this will erase any data currently on the stick.

If you KNOW that you have data on the stick, and it is important to you, then there are data recovery companies that will do their best to access the data (for a fee).

Check the drivers Comes with your External DVD

If you want to add that to my ever growing pile of sandisk cruzers you are welcome.

Quality from sandisk has dropped considerably as can be seen from comments on their web site or doing a google search. It is very rare that I see other brands for data recovery. The cruzers have some software of their own on the drive that can get corrupted or deleted very easily. Once that happens you may as well toss it in the garbage.

hi, ipresume u have hooked it up to another PC using a external S-ATA-USB- case, so that the PC recognizes your drive as one of his, but u are unable to boot from it,as it is handled like a thumbdrive.
can u access the data on the disk?
if yes, make a safecopy of everything personal,
you may even try to make a back-up using the
win-back-up function, just to have a complete copy of the harddisk...,
then format drive(blank it) and put back into laptop.Now setup a new clean copy of WINXP
and yes, you may have to reinstall all the drivers+progs+private data as well...

I hope this option works for you.

Try to connect the flash drive on the USB port located at the back of the tower. See if it works.

Hello diccodonna

My name is Billy.

If you have a thumbdrive, just save your documents to the thumbdrive, carry them to school in your pocket. Plug your thumbdrive into the nearest usb port... navigate to that drive, find your doc and click print.

I can help with other file solutions as well. I quit using printers myself. Paper is so bulky.

More later and let me know if you have any problems.

Billy
PC Junktion

More then likely you have a defective thumbdrive,buy a new one and see if you still have the problem, you can all ways take it back if you still have the problem, Remember new ones can also be defective.

Simply plug in the thumbdrive into any available USB slot. It will show up in "My Computer" - generally named the same as the manufacturer of the drive.

From here it's all just drag and drop into the thumbdrive. You can make folders, or whatever you want as though it were a normal hard drive.

When you're done, right click on the drive in My Computer and select "Eject" - then you're done.

Do you see a message on your system tray when it is plugged in? If you don't see any message, it means that the drive is not being detected. You can't retrieve any data or files on the thumb drive if it is not detected. Things you can try to isolate the problem:

1. Try a different USB port on your computer. Check if your thumb drive will be detected.

2. Try a different USB device like mouse on your USB port. If it is detected, it means that the problem is the thumb drive. If not, it means that the USB port is not working or is disabled.

3. Try the thumb drive on a different computer.

Hope this helps. ;-)

If your laptop is running Windows ME, 2000, XP or above, it should automatically do the New Hardware thing, and mount the drive. If using Windows 98se, you can probably get the drivers from the vendors web site.

Sometimes a usb port will not provide enough power for a specific device. Does the thumbdrive work in other computers? And do other USB devices work when connected to the laptop?